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<p>I have said that more than once to both S and D (but about guys for D :))
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<p>Ah, my H lives by that rule. And he usually has Plan C as well.</p>
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<p>LOL, I gave the book by that title to my friend for Christmas last year. It was very appropriate!</p>
<p>Given to me when I was a college freshman by my general chemistry professor. I stated everyone was mad at me and I hadn’t done anything to them.</p>
<p>“Babe. If they are all mad, I’d reconsider my position if I were you.”</p>
<p>I’m amazed at how often I’ve used it.</p>
<p>My husband’s the wise one. Here are some of my favorites he’s passed along:</p>
<p>1a. Don’t sweat the small stuff.
1b. It’s all small stuff.</p>
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<p>From my father: get to work before your boss, and don’t leave until after he does.
From my mother: don’t put money in an investment that keeps you up nights worrying.
From me to my husband: work reasonable hours so that our employees can follow my father’s advice.</p>
<p>Something I learned as a business owner: if you treat your employees as you’d like to be treated, your employees will go above and beyond when it’s needed. We couldn’t have gotten through the recession without them.</p>
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<p>Two most important decisions in life: Career and spouse–choose wisely.
Career, something you can enjoy for years, is flexible, and offers a comfortable living. Many degrees are a key that can open various doors. Be prepared to reinvent your work every 7 years or so.
Life partner–loving, warm, confident, has a career that makes her/him happy. Capable of being a terrific parent. Can cook. Motivates and understands you.</p>
<p>I didn’t read the entire thread, but my mother told me this: “Not everyone will like you. Even if you were perfect (which you aren’t), there would be people who would not like you because you are perfect.” This helps a lot for many of those petty things that happen in life and it was especially helpful for me when I was a high school student oh so many years ago.</p>
<p>My mother’s advice to me - “you can’t control other people’s actions, only your own.”</p>
<p>From Mom, “Listen to how your friends talk about others, and realize that, when you leave the room, they talk about you that way.”</p>
<p>This sort of goes with Maya Angelou’s advice that goes something like, “Most people will tell you in the first ten minutes what they are all about. Listen to them.”</p>
<p>And a proverb that applies to those who like stir up fights:
“Never wrestle a pig in mud. You will just get dirty, and the pig likes it!”</p>
<p>“Misery loves company.”</p>
<p>And from my Mom-“There is a fine line between love and pity.”</p>
<p>From my mother when I was a young married, “Always have your own money, in your own account.”</p>
<p>From mom…never judge how other people spend their money or raise their children.</p>
<p>“Never say never!” :)</p>
<p>Every person is the world’s greatest parent…until s/he has children!</p>
<p>My best advice to my D (and I made this up):</p>
<p>The high road is always the right road.</p>
<p>And my best compliment as a parent, given from her recently when I repeated this advice:</p>
<p>“Oh, Mom…you live on the high road.”</p>
<p>So many great ones, so one for levity: My Dad is famous for being Scotts/Irish stoic, no nonsense (plus weak-at-the-knees in the face of blood) :
In the case of ANY childhood injury, from blister to compound leg fracture - </p>
<p>“If that was on my lip, I wouldn’t stop whistling.”</p>
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<p>There need to be more business owners like you out there.</p>
<p>From my mom when I was a young married and H was going to have to go to another state for 3 months of military training. I thought perhaps I’d just stay at home with Mom and Dad while he did that. But Mom said:</p>
<p>“Your place is with your husband.”</p>
<p>Good advice for keeping marriages together!</p>
<p>I love the Maya Angelou one about people telling you who they are, I have quoted that one many times.</p>
<p>One I really like: Never marry someone you fight with, marry someone you laugh with.</p>
<p>This one is kind of long but it has made a big difference in my life, especially with any helicopter tendencies: A psychologist set up a table with several dishes of ice cream in a variety of flavors attractively arranged. He/she then invited a group of people in to sit at the table, they were instructed to eat all of the ice cream and it was expected that it would all be gone in 15 minutes. The psychologist then invited a new group of people in with the same scenario except that he invited the people to enjoy some ice cream if they wished and he/she would be back in about 15 minutes. Guess which group ate the most ice cream? We call it “ice creaming” someone at our house</p>
<p>srw- You’ll have to forgive me. I’m an ice cream glutton, in general. 
So, I think both groups ate all of the ice cream. Please 'splain further. :)</p>
<p>I’m guessing the second group ate more ice cream because they didn’t feel like they were being forced to do it.</p>